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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Timeholes: A Useful Metaphor when Explaining Unusual or Bizarre Behaviour in Children who Have Moved Families

Angela Hobday

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, UK

Many psychological problems are present when children have moved families. The majority of such children have experienced trauma and loss. They can show sudden mood changes with extreme behavioural difficulties. The mood changes resemble affect flashbacks. Using metaphor to describe these episodes as ‘timeholes’, and giving guidance as to how to reduce them, has proved clinically useful. The description of a timehole and its link to other psychological reactions and appropriate interventions are discussed.

Key Words: children • flashbacks • fostering and adoption • timeholes • trauma

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 6, No. 1, 41-47 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104501006001005
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